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Throughout these Terms and Conditions, where a reference is made to <strong>News-Medical</strong>, it is made on the basis that News-Medical is owned and operated by AZoNetwork.</em></p> <p><em>AZoNetwork aims to provide information for the industrial, design, medical, healthcare and technology communities worldwide and to provide information, news, reviews and a forum for ideas, debate and learning, and to facilitate interaction between all parts of these communities worldwide.</em></p> <p><em>AZoNetwork hopes that you find this Website relevant, commercially and personally useful, and stimulating. It is important to AZoNetwork that copyright and other laws, and principles of intellectual integrity are observed. AZoNetwork also hopes that any business conducted independently between parties as a result of introduction through this Website is conducted professionally, courteously, ethically, and in compliance with the laws that apply to them in their location.</em></p> <p><em>AZoNetwork looks to Users to help keep the standards high. If you see a contribution that you believe may breach the copyright of another person, or may be using the ideas of others without proper acknowledgment, please contact us </em><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e272028210e2f3421202b3a39213c25602d2123" target="_blank"><em><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="731a1d151c3312091c1d1607041c01185d101c1e">[email protected]</span></em></a><em>.</em></p> <p><strong><em>News-Medical</em></strong><em> is intended to be open by nature. Participants are likely to come from the tens of millions who comprise the diverse worldwide science, healthcare and technology community, including industry professionals, academics, technical journalists, students, government officials and engaged individuals.</em></p> <p><em>Given the forum's open nature, AZoNetwork has been advised that it can only remain viable if all risk (except as specifically required by law) remains with Participants and other third parties. Therefore, AZoNetwork requires all Participants to accept these Website Terms and Conditions ("Terms and Conditions") as a precondition of their participation. Use of this Website in any way or capacity constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.</em></p> <p><em>This Website is operated by AZoNetwork’s related entity AZoNetwork UK Ltd. 4th Floor, NEO Building, 9 Charlotte Street, Manchester M1 4ET, United Kingdom. ICO Registration Number: ZA257204. Please send any e-mail enquiries to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88e1e6eee7c8e9f2e7e6edfcffe7fae3a6ebe7e5" target="_blank"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a13141c153a1b0015141f0e0d15081154191517">[email protected]</span></a></em>.</p> <p><strong><em>Becoming a Participant</em></strong></p> <p><em>Users may become Participants by use of the Website or by any registration procedures shown on the Website, including acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.</em></p> <p><em>Persons wishing to become Contributors are warmly invited to submit material for consideration to be included as Content for the Website. To ensure the highest editorial standards, AZoNetwork may from time to time request information from persons submitting material and reserves the right to reject any submitted material.</em></p> <p><em>Persons may be invited to become Freelance Contributors and AZoNetwork may request further information from applicants and reserves the right to reject any applicant.</em></p> <p><em>In providing the Website and facilitating the provision of services to you, AZoNetwork may need to collect your personal data (both directly and indirectly). AZoNetwork takes the privacy of our Content providers, Contributors, Suppliers, Experts and Users very seriously. The collection, holding, use and disclosure of your personal data is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is available at <a href="https://www.azonetwork.com/marketing-science/privacy" target="_blank">www.azonetwork.com/marketing-science/privacy</a>. It is incorporated into these terms by reference. It is a condition of your use of the Website that you provide us with the personal data in question and agree to receive certain content. AZoNetwork Content providers will have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies, which they will make available to you as part of their provision of their services to you. By registering for and using the Website you are agreeing to both these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy and consequently should read them carefully before registering. If you are not eligible, do not understand them or do not agree, you must not access or use the Website.</em></p> <p><em>AZoNetwork reserves the right to modify the provisions of these Terms and Conditions and advises the User to refer to them each time you use or access the Website.</em></p> <p><em>These Terms and Conditions govern all Participants use of the Website. If you are a Content provider, Contributor, Expert or Supplier there will be additional terms and conditions, which govern that legal relationship.</em></p> <p><em>TERMS AND CONDITIONS</em></p> <ol class="top-level-policy-items"> <li><strong><em>NO LIABILITY REGARDING CONTENT & AUTHORSHIP</em></strong> <p><em>AZoNetwork expects to attract Content from a wide variety of sources, and AZoNetwork has limited capability to thoroughly verify the accuracy or authorship of Content, and largely relies on the word of contributors. You acknowledge and agree that:</em></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"> <li><em>The Content (including opinions, ideas, products, information, statistics and representations) is not, and should not be regarded as, endorsed or guaranteed by AZoNetwork in any way, or relied upon as a substitute for professional advice. In respect of Content, AZoNetwork accepts no responsibility, and liability in this respect is expressly disclaimed.</em></li> <li><em>Any representations regarding authorship of any work forming part of the Content must not be inferred as any endorsement by AZoNetwork:</em> <ul> <li><em>That the person named as author of any work is necessarily a true and complete representation of authorship of the relevant work;</em></li> <li><em>That the person named as author has the legal right to submit the work for inclusion on the Website without unlawfully infringing Intellectual Property rights of any other person; and</em></li> <li><em>That any work within the Website is necessarily the original work of the person named as author and AZoNetwork expressly excludes all liability in respect of any breaches of the above.</em></li> </ul> </li> <li><em>Users accept that AZoNetwork may receive financial compensation to produce Content derived from information provided by Suppliers.</em></li> </ol> </li> <li value="2"><strong><em>USING EXPERTS</em></strong> <p><em>AZoNetwork expects the Website to contain from time to time links to Experts or organizations who provide expert services, opinions and who may be available to provide various services to Users and accordingly:</em></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"> <li><em>AZoNetwork neither makes nor endorses any representations or claims regarding the experience, competence, qualifications or suitability of any Experts to meet the needs of a particular User.</em></li> <li><em>AZoNetwork expressly excludes all liability to Participants in relation to any service provided by any Expert engaged pursuant to an introduction via the Website, including but not limited to:</em> <ul> <li><em>Any liability to Users in respect of any wrong committed or alleged, whether arising in either contract, tort, statutory duty or otherwise, by an Expert in the provision of any service to a User; and</em></li> <li><em>Any liability to Experts in respect of any failure by any User to pay fees and disbursements for any services provided by Experts to Users.</em></li> </ul> </li> </ol> </li> <li value="3"><strong><em>NO LIABILITY REGARDING EQUIPMENT RELATED CONTENT  </em></strong> <p><em>AZoNetwork works with Suppliers and third parties to provide product listings and reviews across a wide variety of science, technology, medical and life science disciplines, consequently:</em></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"> <li><em>AZoNetwork neither makes nor endorses any representations or claims related to quality, reliability, certifications or suitability of any product listed on AZoNetwork to meet the needs of a particular User.</em></li> <li><em>AZoNetwork expressly excludes all liability to Participants in relation to any product provided by any Suppler engaged pursuant to an introduction via the Website, including but not limited to:</em> <ul> <li><em>Any liability to Users in respect of any wrong committed or alleged, whether arising in either contract, tort, statutory duty or otherwise, by a Supplier in the provision of any service to a User; and</em></li> <li><em>Any liability to Suppliers in respect of any failure by any User to pay fees and disbursements for any products provided by Suppliers to Users</em></li> </ul> </li> </ol> </li> <li value="4"><strong><em>POLICIES RELATING TO ADVERTISING, SPONSORED CONTENT, NO LIABILITY FOR LINKS, ADVERTISERS, STRATEGIC PARTNERS OR COMMENTS</em></strong> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"> <li><em>The Website may, from time to time, have links to other sites (including links to sites operated by AZoNetwork's Suppliers, collaborators and clients). AZoNetwork has no control over the content on any such sites and for that reason AZoNetwork makes no warranties, either express or implied, concerning such content, including the accuracy, completeness, reliability or suitability for any particular purpose. AZoNetwork also does not warrant that such sites or content are free from any breaches of Intellectual Property or other infringements of the rights of third parties or that such sites or content are devoid of viruses or other contamination.</em></li> <li><strong><em>The Website may contain advertising and sponsorship</em></strong><em>. Advertising and sponsorship help defray the costs of operating the Website and providing all information in an open access format and is therefore a much-welcomed contributor to the Website's ongoing viability. Despite the use of advertising in various forms on AZoNetwork websites, editorial policies are truly independent are not subject to control by any external third parties or by any commercial advertising relationships. Advertisers and sponsors must ensure all advertising and other submitted material complies with relevant laws, including intellectual property laws. AZoNetwork excludes to the extent permitted by law any liability to Participants and third parties for any error or inaccuracy appearing in any advertising or sponsorship material, or for any breach in tort, contract or statutory duty (including duties imposed under copyright and other intellectual property laws) in relation to such material.</em></li> <li><strong><em>Display Advertising</em></strong><em>: AZoNetwork receives payment for display advertisements. These are subject to strict guidelines and we will refuse any advertising that we believe does not assist or add value to our community of users.</em> <ul> <li><em>Advertising served "in house" is not targeted to individual Users but may be placed on the site adjacent to Content related to advertiser or sponsor interest. Advertisement is distinguished by the word "Advertisement".</em></li> <li><em>Advertising served by Google as part of the Adsense network, or other advertising networks may be targeted to an individual. We do not control such ads. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy  </em><a href="https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/"><em>https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong><em>Sponsored Content Polices</em></strong><em>: Some content on AZoNetwork sites is derived from sources where we have existing commercial relationships. Such articles are clearly labeled as sponsored content and are only accepted when the Content is deemed to add value to the core editorial ethos of AZoNetwork’s sites, which is to educate and inform site visitors interested in industry, design, medical, healthcare and technology.</em></li> <li><em>In addition to sponsored articles, AZoNetwork also provides an <strong>equipment listings directory</strong>. All items are linked to supplier profiles.</em></li> <li><em>The Website may provide <strong>commenting services</strong> to users who have signed up to the service. AZoNetwork encourages users to comment and add value to the community. All comments are pre-moderated by staff before being published and it is AZoNetwork policy not to edit comments but only to refuse or accept them without providing any feedback to the commenter.</em> <ul> <li><em>Commenting guidelines</em> <ul> <li><em>We do not accept comments that may incite violence or hatred.</em></li> <li><em>Comments which abuse the author, supplier or subjects of the article.</em></li> <li><em>Comments which are purely promotional are for commercial purposes or Spam.</em></li> <li><em>Comments which are do not comply with global regulations in terms of pharmaceutical products, treatments or medical devices.</em></li> <li><em>Comments which do not contribute the overall body of knowledge on the Website or provide editorial value to other Users.</em></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ol> </li> <li value="5"><strong><em>NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DISRUPTIONS TO YOUR SYSTEM</em></strong> <p><em>While AZoNetwork expects to maintain its IT infrastructure to the highest standards, to the extent permitted by law it cannot accept legal responsibility to Participants for any act or omission (including viruses and harmful pieces of software) that inadvertently results in any damage, interference or other problems with any system, data or personal data. 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Such indemnity includes but is not limited to claims in respect of the infringement of intellectual property rights.</em></li> <li><em>The relevant Participant shall reimburse AZoNetwork and/or any relevant Related Party for all costs reasonably incurred by it/them in any such proceeding in which it is a party.</em></li> </ol> </li> <li value="9"><strong><em>EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES</em></strong> <p><em>Participants acknowledge and agree as follows:</em></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"> <li><em>Your participation in the Website is at your own risk. The Website and any associated service or advice provided (<strong>Services</strong>) are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. 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